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Best Rail-Trails in Florida

This list represents the most popular rail-trails in Florida (learn more about Top Trails). Use this list to plan your next Florida rail-trails trip. Select a state and/or activity below to find even more top trails.

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#1. Pinellas Trail

  
The Pinellas Trail is one of the best urban trails anywhere. It travels through the second most densely populated area in the country and yet retains rural characteristics in some of its segments. Pav…
From the guidebook "Rails-To-Trails: Florida"
Saint Petersburg , FL - Rail-Trails - 35 miles    Best Trail in FL - Click to view allBestRail-Trails Trail - Click to view all (About Top Trails)
Published by The Globe Pequot Press

#2. Withlacoochee State Trail

  
Currently, this is the longest existing paved rail-trail in Florida. It runs through an early-developed but still mostly rural part of the state from Citrus Springs (south of Dunnellon) in the north t…
From the guidebook "Rails-To-Trails: Florida"
Istachatta , FL - Rail-Trails - 46 miles    Best Trail in FL - Click to view allBestRail-Trails Trail - Click to view all (About Top Trails)
Published by The Globe Pequot Press

#3. Jacksonville-Baldwin Rail-Trail

  
The Jacksonville–Baldwin Rail-Trail is one big surprise from beginning to end. Running from the highly urbanized Jacksonville to the bedroom community of Baldwin, you would expect an urban trail with…
From the guidebook "Rails-To-Trails: Florida"
Jacksonville , FL - Rail-Trails - 14.5 miles    BestRail-Trails Trail - Click to view all (About Top Trails)
Published by The Globe Pequot Press

#4. West Orange Trail

  
The West Orange Trail passes through a mix of developing and rural Florida, a few miles west of metropolitan Orlando along the borders of Lake Apopka. Though the lake can only be seen in a few places,…
From the guidebook "Rails-To-Trails: Florida"
Oakland , FL - Rail-Trails - 19 miles    BestRail-Trails Trail - Click to view all (About Top Trails)
Published by The Globe Pequot Press

#5. Gen. James A. Van Fleet State Trail

  
The Van Fleet Trail is Florida’s most rural trail. It runs through what is left of the great Green Swamp, a natural water-storage area just west of the high sandy ridge that divides the state. This is…
From the guidebook "Rails-To-Trails: Florida"
Polk City , FL - Rail-Trails - 29.2 miles   
Published by The Globe Pequot Press

#6. Oscar Scherer State Park

  
This park is located a few miles south of Sarasota on US 41. Sarasota Gulf beaches are nearby, with all their amenities. The park preserves pinewoods scrubland, which is fast disappearing in Florida.…
From the guidebook "Rails-To-Trails: Florida"
Sarasota , FL - Rail-Trails - 17.4 miles   
Published by The Globe Pequot Press

#7. Guana River State Park

  
Guana River State Park is mainly a beach park with some very nice riding areas hidden away in a coastal hammock at its southeastern end. Only a few miles from St. Augustine, the park provides great At…
From the guidebook "Rails-To-Trails: Florida"
Saint Augustine , FL - Rail-Trails - 8.5 miles   
Published by The Globe Pequot Press

#8. Gainesville-Hawthorne State Trail

  
This is a wonderful trail through some of the best natural areas in north-central Florida. It’s wooded and quiet even though it travels close to busy highways and country roads. All of the 15-plus mil…
From the guidebook "Rails-To-Trails: Florida"
Hawthorne , FL - Rail-Trails - 15 miles   
Published by The Globe Pequot Press

#9. Cross Seminole Trail

  
This is a developing trail that will become part of a larger system to be constructed over the next few years. It runs from the town of Winter Springs in the east to Oviedo in the west along a series…
From the guidebook "Rails-To-Trails: Florida"
Oviedo , FL - Rail-Trails - 3.5 miles   
Published by The Globe Pequot Press

#10. Cady Way Trail

  
This short but fun urban trail travels from a mall in Orlando north to a park in Winter Park. For much of its length, it passes an old naval training base that is now owned by the city of Orlando and…
From the guidebook "Rails-To-Trails: Florida"
Orlando , FL - Rail-Trails - 3.6 miles   
Published by The Globe Pequot Press

#11. Oleta River State Recreation Area

  
The Oleta River State Recreation Area is the premier mountain bike trail facility in Florida’s state park system. Located on 1,043 acres of mostly dredged spoil between the Oleta River, Intracoastal W…
From the guidebook "Rails-To-Trails: Florida"
North Miami , FL - Rail-Trails - 15.5 miles   
Published by The Globe Pequot Press

#12. Tallahassee/St. Marks Historic Railroad Trail

  
Florida’s first official state trail, the Tallahassee/St. Marks Historic Railroad Trail runs from the capital city to the coast on 19 miles of smooth pavement, passing a national forest and several sm…
From the guidebook "Rails-To-Trails: Florida"
Tallahassee , FL - Rail-Trails - 19 miles   
Published by The Globe Pequot Press

#13. Lake Minneola Scenic State Trail/Clermont Trail

  
Though these were actually constructed as separate trails, one is a direct continuation of the other along the same lake and so, for convenience, we’ll treat them as a single trail in this guide. This…
From the guidebook "Rails-To-Trails: Florida"
Clermont , FL - Rail-Trails - 3.1 miles   
Published by The Globe Pequot Press

#14. Blackwater Heritage State Park (Military Heritage Trail)

  
This is the westernmost rail-trail in the state, extending from the small community of Milton in the south to Whiting Field Naval Air Station (NAS) in the north. It’s actually two trails, one managed…
From the guidebook "Rails-To-Trails: Florida"
Milton , FL - Rail-Trails - 9.2 miles   
Published by The Globe Pequot Press

#15. Jonathan Dickinson State Park

  
Jonathan Dickinson State Park is 11,500 acres of flatwoods scrubland east of Hobe Sound, containing hiking trails as well as Loxahatchee River access, camping, and concessions. The Loxahatchee is the…
From the guidebook "Rails-To-Trails: Florida"
Hobe Sound , FL - Rail-Trails - 14.5 miles   
Published by The Globe Pequot Press

#16. Paynes Prairie State Preserve

  
Paynes Prairie State Preserve is more than 20,000 acres of prairie (or lake, depending on circumstances) just south of Gainesville. Because of its fluctuating water levels and the reintroduction of bi…
From the guidebook "Rails-To-Trails: Florida"
Micanopy , FL - Rail-Trails - 20.6 miles   
Published by The Globe Pequot Press

#17. O'Leno State Park

  
The major feature of O’Leno State Park is the Santa Fe land bridge, a hardwood hammock and sinkhole area where the Santa Fe River goes underground and reappears a mile or so later. The 6,000-acre park…
From the guidebook "Rails-To-Trails: Florida"
High Springs , FL - Rail-Trails - 15 miles   
Published by The Globe Pequot Press

#18. Highlands Hammock State Park

  
There are some pretty rides in this popular family park, but they’re not very long and some are too sandy. The ride on the paved entrance road passes through some of the finest virgin wetland hardwood…
From the guidebook "Rails-To-Trails: Florida"
Sebring , FL - Rail-Trails - 11.5 miles   
Published by The Globe Pequot Press

#19. Gasparilla Island Trail

  
This was the first rail-trail built in Florida. It runs the length of Gasparilla Island on Florida’s southwestern coast through the town of Boca Grande. Gasparilla Island is a semitropical paradise fi…
From the guidebook "Rails-To-Trails: Florida"
Boca Grande , FL - Rail-Trails - 6.5 miles   
Published by The Globe Pequot Press

#20. Hontoon Island State Park

  
Hontoon Island State Park is an island in the middle of the St. Johns River, Florida’s longest and most traveled river. The river starts in the marshes east of Melbourne to the south and flows north u…
From the guidebook "Rails-To-Trails: Florida"
Deland , FL - Rail-Trails - 6 miles   
Published by The Globe Pequot Press

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